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III.
Royal
Commeniariú.
Antonio
de
fluinnones,
and bis Brother
Suero
de
fl.J!innones,
and bis Coufin
Pedrodé
J2.f!innones,
-who had been an old Souldier in
Italy,
and were all three near in Kin–
dred to the Governour;
Gafpar ¡ara, DiegoOrtiz.
de
Guz.man, Garúa
dé
Melo,
who
)oíl: his right hand in the B:mel,
Pedro de los Rios
a Narive of
Cordova; Francifcod~
iAmpuero, Don Pedro Pu'ertocarrero, Pedro de. Hinójofa; 'fohn- Alonfo Palomino, Don Gomez;
de Luna,
the Elder Brother of
Gdn¡ilaf{o de la Vega, Gomez. de 'A/varado, Gafpar de
RojM, Me!chior Yerdugo, Lope de M endofa, ¡uan de Barbara11, Miguel de la Sern,i, Ge–
ronimo de'Aliaga, NicolMdé Ribera,
and
Geronimo de Ribera,
who for diíl:inttion fake
we'have in che other pare of chis Book called
Ribera
Senior, and
Ribera
Junior.
Ali which, and many others, whofe Namés we <eannot call to mind, did·that
day in che Battel fignalize rheir Valour in an extraordinary manner, for fighting in
the front of their Comparties, moíl: of them were wounded.
In
lliort, there was
not one•Man qf note in all
Petu,
as
Gomara
affirms, bue was engaged in che Battél
of that day on bis Majeíl:y's fide. On the King's parcy chree hundred
Spaniardf
were ílain, many alfo were· killed on che orher, though not
fo
great a number;
che Bactel was very bloudy ; che ílaughcer fell much upon the Captains, of which
moíl: of chem were killed; four ,hundred were wounded, of which moíl: dyed
with cold rhat night, i~ happening to freeze very lliarply. .Th~fe are che Words
of
Gomara,
and .therew1ch he ends the
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oth Chapter of hls H1íl:ory.
,
O[
Almagro's
íide two hundred were ílain,
fo
chac
Gomara
with much reafon
· terms ic a bloudy·Batee! ; for of fifceen hundred Men on_boch fides, five bundred
were ílain, and five hundred wounded ; of which laíl:, tour hundred were of the
King's fide, and bue one hundred of
Almagro's.
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There was one of che King'sSouldiers
fo
cruel, tbat.afcer.che Battel was ended;
he killed eleven of che
A!m.tgrians
in cold bloud ; of which evil Aét he made
gréat boaíl:, ·faying, chac in füch a place they liad robbed him of eleven thoufand
pieces o( Eighr, in revenge of which he had killed eleven of them,
.
Many other chings of chis nature paffed thar nighc; a,nd the reafon why
fo
ma:
ny of chofe wounded were frozen to deách, was, becaµfe che
Indians
finding chem
unable ro help and defend themfelv
made bold to íl:rip chem of all their cloach-
ing, .leaving them naked, and expofi
che weacher, withouc regard to either fide
or party, of which chere could no d"
inél:ion be made in che nighr; and if cheré
had; yer the
Indians,
whofe buíineís ic was to pilfer, would noc ha..ve forborn on
any fmall confideration, or complement
to
either íide.. Nor could che Conque•
rours for che prefent cake that due care of cheir woµnded·, becaufe che Carriages
with cheir Tenes not being come up, they were áll forced to lodge in the open
Air; onely chey 1nade a íhift to [et up cwo Tenes, .wherein they maqe an Accom–
modation for
Gomez. de Tordoya, Pedro Ancures, Gomez. de A/varado,
and
Garfilaf{o de
la 'Vega,
who were ali mortally wounded; ochers who had received fome ílightet
hurcs, endw-ed rhe open Air, which caufed cheir wounds
fo
to frpart, rhat
it
was
griev:ous to hear che groans, íighs and críes which rhey utcered. Nor did rhe
In–
dians
fpare thoíe who were fled out of che Batee!, raking the courage to puríue
and affail Men in their flight; fo that they killed
¡ohn Balfa
on che way, wich ten or
twelve others of his companions, wichout any regard or refpeét to his Qgality or
Charaél:er of Capcain-General ; in like manner chey killed many orher
Spaniards,
.,, · who fled out óf che Battel in divers pares : Bue fo foon as ir was day che Gover–
nour fent abroad
to
bring in che wounded, ra-king care
to
have their wounds drei::
fed.: And as for che dead, they buried rhem together, in four or five large Graves,
which were made for them, inco which rh~y caíl: chem al! wichouc diíl:inél:ion,
excepting onel.y
Pedro A/vare~ Holguin,
and
Gome~ de Tordoya de YargM,
wich fome
other noble and principal Perfons, whom they carried to
Huamanca,
and ther'e ce–
lebrated their Funerals wirh whac decency they were able. Above a hundred
Horfe; and fifty or íixty Foot, fled from che Battel, ahd efcaped to che City of
Huamqnca;
but being purfued by thofe few who rernained Maíl:ers.of the Field,.
were ag:lin defeated, chey yielding up their Horfes and Arms upon conditiGns of
Qiarter for théir lives. And as thac day they performed an·Aét of Charity in che ·
burial of the Dead , fo likewife rhey performed an Aél: of Jufüce in. puniíhment
of the Offenders ; for having found ihe Bodies of
M artín de Bilbao,
and
Arbolac-ha,
and
Hinojms,
and
M arti¡i Carillo
amongíl: che Dead,
w
ho cried out in che Battel
on purpofe
to
be killed, that they were the perfons who hád Aífallinated che Mar-.
qtiis ; and though chey were chen cut in pieces, yet according to a new form of
Jufüce, they were afterwards dmyn and quartered, che Cryer ar the fame time
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